by Muriel Spark · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140019094
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«The Ballad of Peckham Rye» is Muriel Spark's satirical novel, published by Penguin in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Dougal Douglas, a graduate in arts, is hired by the firm Meadows, Meade & Grindley to bring «vision» to the Peckham workforce. His presence unleashes absenteeism, fraud, blackmail, violence and murder among the workers; the satire, with diabolical overtones, upends neighbourhood life with irony and black humour.
The novel was originally published in 1960 by Macmillan; this Penguin edition dates from 1974.
Aimed at readers of literary fiction who enjoy satire, irony and black humour.
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
